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Tasting the heart of Italy’s heartland

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Umbria is landlocked in Italy’s center and, like our Midwest, it’s the country’s agricultural heartland. But instead of raising grain, farm animals and corn like we do, Umbrians raise grain, farm animals and grapes: grapes you know, like Sangiovese; grapes you’ve never heard of, like Grechetto; and grapes even I’ve never heard of, like Sagrantino.